from Jeanines parents.
Merv received great pleasure in raising, showing, and breeding American Quarter and Paint Horses. He was a lifetime member of both the American Quarter Horse and the American Paint Horse Associations serving two terms on the Board of Directors of the Iowa Paint Horse Association. He enjoyed participating in his children and later grandchildrens school and 4-H activities. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Wiota. He served on the Anita School Board at the time of the construction of the present high school building.
After retiring from farming he was employed at Mahle in Atlantic and Southwest Iowa Egg in Massena. In 2015, he moved to Atlantic when his health began to decline.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Adolph Ted and Gladys Christensen; mother-in-law and father-in-law, William and Leona Euken; twin brother, Merlyn Christensen; brother-in-law, Larry Richter; and sister-in-law, Faye Christensen.
Survivors include his wife, Jeanine Christensen of Atlantic; son, Cory Christensen of Atlantic; daughter, Julie and husband, Cliff Aupperle of Wiota; grandchildren, Alyssa M. Christensen of Atlantic, Justin and wife, Bethany Aupperle and their son, Cameron Reid all of St. Ansgar, Iowa, Jessica S. Aupperle of Wiota; sister, Mardell Richter of Atlantic; aunt, Darlene Hockenberry of Atlantic; many nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Open visitation will be available on Sunday from 12:00 p.m. until time of family visitation. Visitation with the family will be held on Sunday, September 23, 2018, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic.
Funeral services will be held on Monday, September 24, 2018, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, south of Wiota, with Pastor Mike Bodkins officiating. Burial, with military honors by the Anita American Legion Post, in the First Lutheran Cemetery, south of Wiota.
Roland Funeral Service is caring for Mervins family and his arrangements. Condolences may be left at www.rolandfuneralservice.com
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